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Srzc. Car. Unarmed tree: pinne 3-3 pair, with a largé" 
gland on the petiole: leaflets 6-12 pair, obliquely oval, pointed: 
panicles axillary or terminal and very large: heads of flowers globu- 
lar, peduncled, aggregated : stamens monadelphous: legume thin, 
fiat, straight, linear-lanceolate, pointed, 8-12-seeded. 
Peninsula. Coromandel. 
(7) A. speciosa. (Willd.,) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. 1. p. 275.——-Dec. prod. II. p. 467. 
Syn. Mimosa speciosa, Jacg.—M. Sirissa, Roxb. fl. Ind. I, 
p. 544.—Albizzia Lebbek, Benth. Hook. Jour. Bot. III. p. 88.— 
Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 88. 
Engrav. Pluk. t. 331. f 1.—Jaeq. Icon. Rar. I. t. 198. 
Spec. Caan. Unarmed trees pinnze 1-4 pair, with a large 
gland about the base of the petiole: leaflets 4-9 pair, oval, unequal, 
often with one or two small glands near the base of the partial pe- 
tioles and small ones between the leaflets: peduncles axillary, 1-4 
together, each bearing a globular head of shortly pedicelled flowers : 
calyx long tubular: petals united to beyond the calyx: stamens 
very long, monadelphous: legume thin, flat, broad-linear, remotely 
8-10-seeded: flowers small, white, fragrant. 
Found in almost every part of the country. Flowering nearly 
all the year. The timber is dark-coloured very hard and close- 
grained. Masses of very pure gum are often found on the tree, 
(8) A. FRonDosa. (Willd. ) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I p. 275.—Dee. prod. II. p. 468. 
Srrc. Cuan. An erect unarmed shrub: pinne about 6 pair, 
with a gland on the petiole close to the lower pair; leaflets about 
14 pair, lanceolate, acute, rather distant, pubescent beneath: pe- 
duncles axillary, solitary or in pairs, as long as the petiole, bearing 
a globular head of flowers: petals linear-lanceolate, distinct: sta- 
mens 10, long, distinct: legume flat, thin, linear, thickened on the 
margins, many-seeded : flowers small, white. 
Patna, flowering in the rainy season. 
(9) A. romentosa. (Willd. ) 
Ident.. W. & A. prod. I. p. 276.—Dec. prod. IL. p. 426. 
Syn. Mimosa tomentosa, Roxb. fl. Ind. Il. p. 558.—M. Klei- 
nii, Poir. 
Spec. Cuar. Tree armed with large stipulary spines: young 
shoots petioles and peduncles covered with yellowish down: pinne 
10-12 pair, with an oblong gland below the lowest, and an umbilicate 
one between each of the 1-2 last pair: leaflets numerous, linear, ob- 
tuse, pubescent beneath: peduncles axillary, 1-4 together, with 4 
